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What Is Intracranial Hypertension
It didn't quite work, the saga continues......
Last week I went to my pain doctor and recieved another IV therapy infusion for what seems to be my Intracranial Hypertension (Pseudotumor Cerebri). They gave me IV DHE, which is used to treat IH, but of course it only dulled my pain. In addition to that, I received a few shots in my tush, 
which made me really relaxed!
Anyway, my head pain is not gone and actually getting worse, so I called my pain doctor to schedule a lumbar puncture as we discussed. The receptionist was not very pl...
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Pseudotumor cerebri
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